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Tenure Fight Takes New Form

Professor Who Declined Job Security Says His Texas School Held It Against Him

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Tom Fowler and

Douglas Belkin

Dec. 7, 2012 6:29 p.m. ET

As a professor, James C. Wetherbe recognized the advantages that tenure provided. In his other roles as a board member and business consultant, though, he sensed that it sometimes undercut the credibility of his advice to clients and companies.

"I would get wisecracks…that it was easy for me to make some statements because I had a guaranteed job," Mr. Wetherbe said. "So I decided to resign tenure."